HSA# 261 - MC DOWELL, NC

HSA Profiles

Mortality Rates

Health-Care Providers

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

HMOs and HMO Membership

Demographics

Income, Education and Employment

Age-Adjusted Mortality per 100,000 Population, 1996-98
  CHD Stroke AMI CHF
Overall 181.0 70.2 76.2 3.2*
Whites 184.7 67.3 76.6 3.3*
Blacks 71.7* 160.1* 39.1* 0.0*
Males 251.0 84.5 94.2 0.0*
Females 128.5 61.0 59.2 4.8*
White Males 260.9 81.2 98.0 0.0*
White Females 128.0 57.6 57.1 5.0*
Black Males 0.0* 177.5* 0.0* 0.0*
Black Females 100.0* 171.7* 58.7* 0.0*

* UNSTABLE Back to top

Health-Care Providers
  Number
Total MDs (1999) 31
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999) 25
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999) 6
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999) 15
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999) 3
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999) 1
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998) 0
Registered Nurses (1990) 272
Registered Dieticians (1990) 7

Back to top

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization
  Number
Hospitals (1999) 1
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999) 0
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999) 0
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999) 0
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999) 1
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999) 0
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999) 1
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999) 1
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999) 0
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999) 1
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999) 1
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999) 1
Total admissions (1999) 2,889
Total beds (1999) 65
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999) 0
Inpatient days (1999) 11,266
Outpatient visits (1999) 66,757
Emergency Department visits (1999) 15,459

Back to top

HMOs and HMO Membership
  Number Membership
Total HMOs (1998) 6 2,098
Traditional HMOs (1998) 0 0
IPA HMOs (1998) 5 2,097
Other HMOs (1998) 1 1

Back to top

Demographics
  Number Percent
Total Population (1999) 40,565 100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999) 37,940 93.5
Hispanic Whites (1999) 248 0.6
Blacks (1999) 1,891 4.7
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999) 90 0.2
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999) 396 1.0
Total Hispanics (1999) 270 0.7

Back to top

Income, Education and Employment
Avg per capita income (1998) 19,522
Avg median household income (1997) 30,957
Persons in poverty (1997) 4,566
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999) 4
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990) 19
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990) 8

Back to top